Kolkata panchang, 28 March 2026
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 13:33 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 17:49- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:34 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta 05:34 – 06:23
- Durmuhurta 06:23 – 07:12
- Rahu Kalam 08:38 – 10:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:13 – 14:45
- 08:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:50 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
17:49 to 05:33 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 20:13 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 08:46
- Nakshatra Pushya until 14:50 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 20:06
- Karana Gara until 08:46, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:50 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 20:13 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:34 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:34 – 06:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:23 – 07:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:45
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:13 – 07:46 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:00 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:34 – 14:50
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:34 – 07:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:06 – 08:38 | Good |
| Rog | 08:38 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:09 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:13 – 14:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:45 – 16:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:17 – 17:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:49 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:17 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:13 – 23:41 | Good |
| Char | 23:41 – 01:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:09 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:37 – 04:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:05 – 05:33 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:39 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:41 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:57 Aquarius
- 04:57 – 06:28 Pisces
- 06:28 – 08:09 Aries
- 08:09 – 10:07 Taurus
- 10:07 – 12:20 Gemini
- 12:20 – 14:36 Cancer
- 14:36 – 16:47 Leo
- 16:47 – 18:58 Virgo
- 18:58 – 21:12 Libra
- 21:12 – 23:27 Scorpio
- 23:27 – 01:33 next day Sagittarius
- 01:33 – 03:20 next day Capricorn
- 03:20 – 04:53 next day Aquarius
- 04:53 – 05:33 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method